Firth and Spacey to Star in Catalonia

Hugh Hudson will direct the big screen adaptation of George Orwell’s Catalonia, with Colin Firth and Kevin Spacey attached to star, reports Variety.

Hudson (I Dreamed of Africa, Chariots of Fire) will direct from a script by Bob Ellis.

Orwell’s book revolves around the real-life story of how he and his wife Eileen traveled to Barcelona to fight Stalinism. There, Orwell joined the Anarchist brigade and fought in the Spanish Civil War. The film will highlight the relationship between Orwell and Georges Kopp, the charismatic commander of the brigade.

Filming is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2010 in England, Spain and then Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Uruguay.